Above Suspicion

Above Suspicion is a 1995 American crime thriller made-for-TV movie directed by Steven Schachter, and starring Christopher Reeve, Joe Mantegna and Kim Cattrall. The screenplay was written by William H. Macy, who also has a small role in the film. It premiered on HBO on May 21, 1995. In the film, Reeve plays a paralyzed cop who plots to murder his wife. On May 27, 1995, 6 days after the film's release, Reeve himself was paralyzed from the shoulders down after suffering a spinal cord injury in a horse riding accident. Plot Dempsey Cain is a top detective in San Sebastian, California. His brother, Nick, is also a cop but is generally viewed as a screw-up despite Dempsey's attempts to help him. Nick is having an affair with Dempsey's wife, Gail. Alan Rhinehart is another detective who thinks Dempsey is dirty and resents him for being the star on the force. In part due to Nick's carelessness, Dempsey is shot during a night raid on a tenement building and his doctor says he is paralyzed from the waist down. Dempsey still covers for Nick's mistake. He is medically retired from the force.